The rehabilitation of offenders has become a globally adopted practice. However, certain countries such as Australia and the U.S. are struggling to achieve the success of countries like Norway, which have notably lower resentencing rates.
Criminologist and senior research fellow from the Australian National University’s Research School of Psychology, Clarke Jones, PhD, told The Epoch Times that the high-security prison systems, which are seen across Australia and the United States, have been shown, by recidivism rates (rates of resentencing), not to be effective.
